PSY4111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Aversion Therapy, Stress Management, Hypnosis
24 Jul 2018
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Theory of reasoned action attitude towards behaviour, the subjective norms behavioural intention. Eg; your attitude about seatbelts, family ideas intention to wear it wearing it. Theory of planned behaviour attitude, norms and behavioural control behavioural intention actual behaviour. Obesity abdominal overweight 94cm +, women 80cm + Drinking safe limits 21 drinks a week for men, 14 drinks a week for women. Alcohol help spontaneous remission (stopping cold individually), detox, aversion therapy, antagonist therapy and psychology. To quit smoking there are a number of options; Alcohol every day 1 person dies and 4550 sent to hospital. Caused by a stimulus event catastrophe, major life event. Death of a spouse is the worst, change in living conditions the least transactional model of stress; People experience stress leads to unhealthy behaviours, stress hormones weakens immune system. Problem-focused coping direct action to solve the problem. Emotion focused coping reduce emotional consequences of problem.
